Gone

"Well, that was...painful," I muttered.
We sat on the seats underneath Science block. I was thankful I walked away from all the drama. I wouldn't normally be involved in this sort of thing but lately I couldn't help but be a victim. I didn't enjoy it.
"I'm just glad you didn't slap her. I know, I know, she deserves it. Just think about how much trouble you would've been in though," he said.
That was true. She did deserve it and I would be in trouble.
"Ha! Thanks for saving my ass,"
I winked at him as I put at arm around him and leant on his shoulder.

"I like you Niall," I grinned.
And I did. A lot. And even more when he stopped me from whacking that two-faced mole. It made me realise that he was more than likely a good person.
"And I like you Kaia," he chuckled, probably at my random outburst.
I mean, obviously l liked him or I wouldn't be dating him. I just wanted to say it out loud so that he knew. Expressing my feelings was surprisingly easy. Up until the party I wasn't really sure I had any emotions. Well, other than pissed off and over-the-top-happy-for-no-reason. Obviously I was wrong about that.

"Oh no, don't look now," his voice was urgent, "but Amber is headed this way,"
Fuck! What the hell did she want now?
I watched as she grumpily grabbed a basketball out of some Year Nine kid's hands and threw it in our direction without even hesitating.
"Duck!" Niall shouted.
Suddenly everything was slow motion and as the ball came towards my face, I froze. I wasn't sure why but I couldn't move. He pushed my head down and protected it with his arm as the ball nicked me softly on the cheek.

It was then that everything sped back up to normal speed. Niall released me slowly and asked if I was okay. I nodded as I stood up.
"Back off already!" I yelled with frustration.
She marched up to me, her face just inches from mine.
"You're a bit tetchy! Having a bad day are we?"
I rolled my eyes. Of course I was having a bad day. And she was to blame. This wasn't exactly what I had expected from the first official day of having a boyfriend.

But she wasn't finished tormenting me.
"I know I have a reputation as a slut but I wonder...what people would think if they knew that you hooked up with Josh last year," her voice was now low enough so that only I could hear her, "a little birdie told me you tried to go all the way but had...issues,"
My heart skipped a beat, maybe even two. How the fuck did she know that? But more importantly who the fuck had told her? The only person that knew was Josh. Made sense really...that he would be the one to tell Amber. I swear to God, if this got out, my life would be over.

How dare she threaten me. How dare she use this against me. Considering we weren't even friends this was none of her business. An evil grin crept onto her face as she watched me squirm just at the thought of it becoming public knowledge. I was going to handle this the only way how: denial.
"It's...not true," I fibbed, looking her straight in the eye.
It was true, every word of it.

Notes

FINISHED <3